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Initially proposed by the EU Commission in 2021, the EU Banking Package is now taking its final shape since the co-legislators have...
Freshfields Sustainability
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On 20 November 2023, the 5th G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) and the 4th G20 Investment Summit took place in Berlin. The CwA was launched...
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The EU institutions have reached a provisional compromise and are continuing final technical negotiations for the legislative text of the...
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UN Climate Conferences (COPs) grab world attention, with COP28 being no exception. In this blog, we set out its most significant outcomes...
An increasingly comprehensive web of disclosure obligations has been spun in the field of sustainability reporting in many jurisdictions....
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On 12 October 2023 and on 8 November 2023, the Courts of Appeal Munich and Stuttgart upheld the first instance courts’ rulings which had...
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On 28 November 2023, alongside a policy statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels, the FCA...
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The Brussels Court of Appeal (the Court) has decided that the Belgian State, the Brussels Region, and the Flemish Region violated...
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This week, the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights took place in Geneva, from 27-29 November 2023. Over 2,000 participants from...
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its long-awaited Policy Statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and...
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Following Germany’s recent revision of the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz – EnWG), the legislator significantly...
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As we continue to face a global climate crisis, there is an urgent need to decarbonise all sectors of the economy. Ambitious global...